Projects

My projects often start off as a foray into my curiosity, based on my desire to learn something or feed into my other interests, particularly with photography and science.
From building a folding chair or plant box, or using a mobile CT scanner on my groceries, turning a WWII pillbox into a camera obscura, or  repurposing badger excavated bottles into lightbulbs – I’m always on the look out for new and interesting ideas.

Bicycle Sculpture

The Oxford Big Green Day Out 10th June 2017 Commissioned by the Oxford City COuncil and     Broad Street, Oxford, 10th June 2017 … more

Making of the bicycle sculpture

Myself and Roger Perkins have received funding to make a bicycle sculpture for the Oxford Big Green Day Out. We received a collection of rusty and … more

Not to be Taken

Bottle Bulb chandelier LED lighting installation constructed from found pre-war glassware, bicycle wheel, barbecue lid, gear cassette and gooseneck conduit. Exhibited at ‘Director’s Cut … more

Paper decoration

I had the opportunity to design the layout on Cathy Baldwin’s paper ‘What about the People – The socially sustainable, resilient community and urban development‘, which offers a … more

Ultraviolet cornstarch

Working with Naomi Morris during her residency at OVADA August 2016. Her project which involved finding a way of pouring fluid over her figure and … more

Psychedelic Circus at The Cellar

The Psychedelic Circus at The Cellar, Oxford was a wonderfully eclectic event organised by Dot and Maya, which enabled me to showcase my fractal … more

Pillbox Camera Obscura

When I first visited a pillbox along the Thames at Appleton (OSGB grid reference SP 413011) I noticed that the view was being very … more

Fractal Video Feedback

For the VIDEOVADA event I wanted to create video fractal feedback effects. Video feedback happens when you point a video camera at a screen which … more

Bottle Bulb

It’s about time I revealed my hoarding of bottles which started with casually finding a bovril bottle and it’s now ballooned out of control … more

RGB laser line generator

I have been using a 40mW red laser to take photos here and here and in the Oxford Times here. But the whole redness of it … more

Nixie Matrix

After considerable deliberation I ordered 20 IVLM1-1/7 nixie matrix tubes from Ukraine. These are glass tubes with 7 phosphor spots, each spot independently illuminatable. I … more

Fractal photocopy

Simple experiment with feeding rotated copies back into the feed tray. 9 iterations of flower picture:       This ‘fern’ was cut out … more

Rickshaw ride to Hill End

Ride to Hill End highlighting the route with electrolminescent wire on Martine Votvik’s custom built rickshaw. … more

Finished the Folding Stool!

After a long deliberation with the stool held together with screws, I decided to go for the wooden dowels and glue option. Foam board … more

OVADA warehouse sketchup

I measured up the OVADA warehouse for this model and textured it with photographs of the surfaces in Sketchup. Thanks to Niko from Bambino … more

Paper Folding

After exploring a few paper folding techniques from Paul Jackson’s book “Folding Techniques for Designers” I decided to make a light shade from one … more

Schleiren Photography

These photographs are made using 2 mirrors with a 60 inch focal length and a point light source with red and blue filters on … more

Pinhole SLR photography

Been having unattainable fantasies about what lenses I want for my camera. Do I want a 500mm telephoto? a top of the range tilt … more

Sheep Trails

These drawings are created from a sheep trail simulator. The light and dark areas in an image represented the abundance of grass, and the … more

Vegetable CT Scan

I was just minding my own business on the way back from the supermarket when I chanced across a mobile CT scanner. I popped … more

Exploding Birthday Cake!

To make the ultimate birthday cake for Pat’s 70th, Roger, Alan and Ped conspired to create a cake with a difference… Firstly we experimented … more

The World’s Biggest "IF"

This was an attempt to answer the question: “What is the world’s biggest ‘IF’?” The letters for the ‘IF’ are 70 miles tall. The … more